English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Snow Hill (Lane)

Other OS name in the Parish of Bere Regis

Etymology

, probably ' hill where the snowlies long ' , v. snāw , but cf. Snow Hill Ln 180, Sr 323 ( both from snār brushwood ' ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement